News of the City Announcements and Interesting Details
Sunday was rainy and Monday blustery in March. Notes from Chicago, Elmwood, Peoria, and Aurora recount visits, marriages, and club aims. Ex Governor Yates named for Illinois Traction work. a sermon condemns social ills. local fires and family gatherings marked a busy week. House bill 262 on railcar intoxication becomes amended to allow buffet cars with penalties.
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Dist
Chicago
George Coan
Louisa Bell
Ohio
Mary Martin
Elmwood
Jennie Myers
Oliver T. Whetzel
Varna
Wyn A. Hitch
Paso
Peoria
L. Mooberry
Allentown
Benjamin
George Mooberry
Dorchester
Neb
Woman's Club
Mesdames Lovett, Ketchum and Townsend
Henry
John Streckfus
J. S
Dub
John Morse
Maria Davis
Mary Lincoln
Chester Bidwell
Phebe Allen
George Burt
Bidwell
Jones
Marseilles Youth Robert Halligan Died at Notre Dame
Robert Halligan of Marseilles died at Notre Dame University on March 25 after a brief illness. A St Bede college graduate with seven gold medals he was preparing for a legal career. Funeral services were led by local clergy from Putnam, with relatives including his parents two brothers and a sister.
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Marseilles
Notre Dame
Ind
Robert Halligan
St. Bede College
Notre Dame University
Putnam
Ill
John Halligan
Robert
Peru
Granville
St. Bede's
John Galvin
Fr. Dooling
Henry
Fr. Roach
Camp Grove
Mr. Timmons
John Savage
Lincoln
William Hicks
Messrs
James Walsh
Vincent Greene
Daniel Monahan
Robert’s
Edwin
Chicago
John
Bernadette Halligan
Princeton, Ill
Missionary Society Holds Two Day Session in Henry
The eighth annual meeting of the M E Home Missionary Society for the Peoria district convened in Henry March 23 and 24 at the Henry M E church. Leaders included Mrs O T Dwinell of Peoria and Miss Carrie G Davis of Berkeley Cal. Delegates debated reports, elections, and plans for future work with Queen Esther circles aiding hosting duties and missionary addresses concluding with a Peoria district gathering next September.
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The
Home Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Peoria
Central Illinois
Henry
O. T. Dwinell
Cora Belle Techman
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Reed
Edna Bell
R. J. Vandervoort
Whitefield Corners
Doyle
Rowe
Carrie G. Davis
Berkeley
Cal
Dwinell
New York
Wisconsin
Indiana
Robinson
Canton
Esther Cheles
Wimwood
Elliott
Bigman
Hale Memorial Church
Nina Howard
Toulon
Catton
Emma Edwards
E. J. Smith
Bartle
Lewistown
Green
Havermale
Elmwood
Mabel Huffman
Miss Davis
R. L. Vivian
Queen Esther Circle
Lean Hannum
Helene Hannum
Home For Chinese Girls and Women
Ellis Island
New York City
California
San Francisco
H. D. Benjamin
Annie L. Green
Adelaide White
Hazel D. Miller
Dc. L. Lutes
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Queen Esther
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Mary Rist
Grace George
Hazel Miller
Navigation on Canal Set to Open Near April First
The Illinois and Michigan canal is expected to open about April 1 according to Lockport superintendent Leon McDonald. Water will fill the levels in days and repairs from Bridgeport to La Salle include rebuilt locks and spillways and a new aqueduct at Copperas Creek. The canal commission will travel to Springfield to urge passage of a $20,000 appropriation for summer improvements.
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Bridgeport
In Salle
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Leon McDonald
Lockport
la Salle
Copperas Creek
Canal Commission
Springfield
Legislative Appropriation Committees
M. E. Church Invites Congregants to Sunday Services
The M. E. Church extends an invitation to all not worshipping elsewhere for Sunday services at usual hours. A prayer meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m followed by Sunday school lesson study led by the pastor. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs George Brown. four parsonage rooms were papered and a new hall opening enhances the home.
Birthday Card Verse from Senior Editor
A birthday note among fine post cards praises a life of work and song. It wishes doubling joys and gentle happiness as the recipient passes along, bringing pleasure and true contentment.
Regina Pneumatic Cleaners at Hartley's Music Store
News of a week itemizes local happenings including Stella Motter Wabel settling in Bureau county as a farmer’s wife, Epworth League social plans, Frank Johnson’s visit with Sparland friends, a pup gifted by Adam Cilatz, and Oscar C. White's brief Chicago trip.
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Regina Pneumatic Cleaners
Hartley
Stella Motter Wabel Fas
Henry
Bureau County
Epworth League
Doyle
Third Street
Frank Johnson
Sparland
Township Election Candidates Named in Special Ballot
Voters will choose a justice of the peace a commissioner of highways and a trustee of schools next Tuesday. Republicans nominate A. E. Rolley for justice a steady business man. William Moore for highways a hardworking farmer. Henry Bell for trustee of schools a tested former titleholder. Officials say there is no politics in the offices and urge citizens to elect the Republican slate.
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A. E. Rolley
Swain
Office of Justice
Rolley
William Moore
Henry Bell
Birthday Blessings and Family News From Riverside
A March 21, 1911 letter from Rev. B. Edmiston in Riverside writes thanks for birthday wishes from Henry friends and notes his eldest son Joseph L. visiting from Los Angeles. Joseph is a musician and ex-president of the Los Angeles Musical Union, honored with a gold watch upon retirement. The piece also covers St. Joseph's church plans to install new art glass windows in memory of relatives and other anticipated improvements to the church and winter chapel.
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B. Edmiston
Riverside
Cal
Bro. Burt
Henry
Mr. Christernas
Joseph L
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Musical Union
St. Joseph's Church
Thomas Galvin
Putnam
W H. Wallace
William Harney
Ida Dwyer
David Dwyer
Ice Man
Joseph Harrington
Patricl
Hugh Finnegan
Samuel Longman
Timothy Fogarty
Thomas
Toluca completes sewerage system at $19 000
Toluca finishes a modern sewerage project costing nineteen thousand dollars. The disposal tanks are constructed in town using the latest scientific methods for waste processing.
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Toluca
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King
Charles Onyan
Dr. Cromwell
Mr. Onyan
Mr. King
Miss Pfaff
Florence Green
Walter Bayne
Bessie Marshall
Miss Young
Miss Patterson
Ower
M. E. Missionary Society
D. C. Havermale
Spava
J. M. Elliott
Farmington
Princeville
Phillips
Jessie Swein
Aigley
Culvertson
Lutes
Miller
Bessie F. Brown
Jennie M. Bouton
Qo.t. Dwinell
J. A. Reed
Adam Cilatz
Oscar C. White
George Nicholson
Earl Hubbell
Princeton
Star Theater
Presbyterian Church
C. A. Camp
Leavitt
Clifford Doran
South Bend
William Marshall
Wallace Boatyard
Allen House
West Richard Street
Marshall
Lacon
J. D. Taylor
Marshall County
J. C. Blaisdell
Alex Peterson
Illinois Food Commission
Chillicothe
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